"Are there thieves chasing you?"

Gao Xianzhi, who was dozing off the horse, suddenly woke up, he shook his head and asked to the side.

Li Siye's eyelids were fighting, but he tried his best not to fall asleep, and when he heard him ask, he shook his head: "No one has chased after him at this time." ”

"Damn, what's the voice behind you?" Before he could finish speaking, he heard the voice behind him not be right, and there was a faint sound of horses' hooves.

By this time the rain had stopped, the sky was clear, and the morning light in the east illuminated the road. Li Siye listened to it for a while, and his face changed greatly: "I don't know if it's thousands of riders...... Doctor, go quickly, cross the mountain pass in front of you, and you can get out

They didn't know that it was not the galloping horses, but the mudslide that happened in their path. At this time, Gao Xianzhi and Li Siye had already broken their courage, where would they think about it, and they didn't send anyone to investigate, just caring about driving the sergeant forward quickly.

At this time, there were more than 300 soldiers around them, all of whom were sleepy and bloody.

"There's someone ahead," a sergeant in front suddenly shouted.

They looked up, and sure enough, after turning this corner, a large number of people and horses were gathering at the mouth of the valley that Li Siye said. At first, everyone was frightened, but it was the Great Food Army that blocked them, and if you look closely, although those people have high noses and deep eyes, they are not Big Cannibals, but the people who are Khan.

This is a supply team of Bahanna transporting supplies, originally to deliver supplies to the city of Talas, but last night they were shocked to hear that the Tang army was defeated, and they turned back halfway and stayed here. Seeing Gao Xianzhi and the others from a distance, they hurriedly packed their things, turned the camel and horse, and were about to flee by rushing away.

But there were too many men and horses, and the valley was too narrow, and the camels and horses were not fed and did not want to move. So nearly a thousand people were blocked at the mouth of the valley, unable to advance or retreat, and when Gao Xianzhi and others arrived at the side, only a tenth of them were gone

The rumbling sound behind it was louder, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping forward, and the mountains trembled faintly. Gao Xianzhi shouted on his horse, and his own soldiers around him kept shouting, asking those people who were in Khan to get out of the way. But the more they urged, the more chaotic the Bahan man became, and he was reluctant to abandon the camel and horse, but blocked the road more tightly.

Li Siye was originally holding back the fire in his belly, and after scolding a few times, seeing that the situation had not changed, he glanced back at Gao Xianzhi.

Gao Xianzhi nodded slightly.

Li Siye stepped forward with a Mo knife and scolded sharply: "Hu'er, if you don't give way, grandpa, I will kill someone."

It's not that the people of Bahan don't want to give way, but in this case, they are all in chaos, and their nomads do not have a real leader, so they go their own way, Li Siye threatens with a knife, and they are even more like a mess. The camels and horses also had fun, and began to roar and chir, and the mouth of the valley suddenly felt like a busy city.

"Dead" Li Siye waved his knife, and a human head flew away immediately

Those people who were in Khan found out that they were friendly troops, and they didn't care, so they were somewhat deliberately delayed, Li Siye raised his knife and slashed, since he killed the first one, he didn't have a soft hand when he split the second, and the third and fourth, when he killed the fifth person, the road that was originally blocked was actually out of the way.

The man was horrified, staring at the bloody steel knife in Li Siye's hand. Li Siye held a knife in one hand and led the horse for Gao Xianzhi in the other, stepping on the corpse and a pool of blood, and walked straight into the valley.

The Tang army entered silently, and as they passed, there was a cry among the Bahans.

Gao Xianzhi had a calm face, neither appeasing Li Siye, who was a little uneasy in his heart, nor criticizing him. They went away, and the people of Bahan wept bitterly, and they were not even allowed to leave, anyway, the cannibals came and surrendered.

Gao Xianzhi and the others took a detour, traveled for a day, and in the evening, they arrived at the tax city more than 50 miles away from Talas.

This place is also the base camp of the Tang Army, Li Siye looked at the city from afar, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's still hanging our flag, doctor, so you don't have to worry about it here." ”

"Well, heir, you work harder, gather the soldiers and horses in the past few days, I will urge the back again, and the whole army is ready to fight again" Gao Xianzhi gritted his teeth and said.

"Doctor, after this battle, the enemy is outnumbered, and Glolu has rebelled again, and we will inevitably be in danger behind, so let's go back to the broken leaves first and then make a plan. Our trip went hundreds of miles deep into the enemy's territory, broke more than ten cities, captured thousands of thief chieftains and Zhuhu, and we can already offer prisoners to the imperial court. Li Siye said.

Gao Xianzhi snorted and did not respond.

In this way, he can indeed offer prisoners to the imperial court, but if tens of thousands of soldiers are lost, how can he have the face to say that it is a victory? How could the court not pursue this matter? The biggest possibility is to transfer him internally, he has been operating in Anxi for so many years, once he is transferred out of Anxi Town, what else can he do?

So, he had to get this game back

They were still two miles away from the construction of the city, and the city had already seen them, and suddenly several horsemen came out and watched from afar. Li Siye urged him to step forward and said loudly: "Doctor Gao is here, you still don't come to greet him quickly."

Li Siye wanted to come and point out Gao Xianzhi's identity, so these wait-and-see scouts came to greet him from now, and at the same time sent someone back to the city to inform him and prepare to settle everyone. But unexpectedly, the other party heard his shouting, although the two of them rushed to the city, more people kept their distance from them, and looked vigilant.

"Are you blind, don't you recognize Doctor Gao?" Li Siye, who was holding his stomach, roared

Gao Xianzhi pulled him by the hand, his face gloomy: "It's Tianwei Army"

"Tianwei Army and Tianwei Army?" Li Siye's expression was awe-inspiring: "How did the Tianwei Army come here?" ”

Gao Xianzhi recovered Broken Leaf City, but the threat of Turk Shi to Broken Leaf City was not lifted, and in this westward expedition, in order to have no worries, the imperial court transferred the Tianwei Army to Gao Xianzhi to protect the flank of Broken Leaf City. What the Tianwei Army has to do is only to hold the city, they are not under the command of Gao Xianzhi, and it is difficult for Gao Xianzhi to mobilize.

But these days, how can Wei Jian'er appear in the tax construction city?

"The army is moving, Doctor Gao...... DID YOU KNOW? Li Siye asked in a trembling voice.

"I don't know." Gao Xianzhi shook his head.

Both of them could see a look of horror in each other's eyes, Gao Xianzhi was nominally the commander of the Anxi army, although he couldn't move the Tianwei army, but if the Tianwei army moved the defense, it had to pass through him. Now he doesn't know anything about the movements of the Tianwei Army, only proving one thing, the Tianwei Army is very likely to mutiny

Thinking of the sudden betrayal of the Grolu people, if the Tianwei army mutinies again, then the Anxi army is only afraid that the whole army will be wiped out this time

"Doctor, doctor, there is also a team of men behind us" Just when they were in shock, wondering if it was time to build a city with taxes, someone suddenly exclaimed.

When they looked back, they saw a team of thousands of people coming from behind them. Looking at each other, the flag is also Datang's, not the Great Food Chaser, but the banner of the Anxi Army.

This made Li Siye suddenly happy: "It's our people, doctors don't have to worry, our people"

"Heiye, you go and take a look." Gao Xianzhi said.

Li Siye got his order, and took a few personal soldiers to personally urge the horse to run back, and after a while, he saw clearly that this group of Tang troops was the leader. He couldn't help but be a little excited: it turned out to be Duan Xiushi

"Cheng Gong, Cheng Gong, you are still alive" He ran forward, very emotional in his heart.

If Gao Xianzhi could follow Duan Xiushi's advice, maybe he wouldn't be so embarrassed, and Duan Xiushi was not only alive, but also brought back thousands of people, which showed his talent

"It's Li Gong"

Duan Xiushi was also very happy when he saw Li Siye, and was about to greet him, but a Hu man beside him shouted: "It's him, it's him, yesterday he was the one who fought with us and killed us."

As soon as Li Siye approached, he heard the Hu man say this, and looked at each other in surprise, the Hu man was decorated by the person who Bahan, and he was vaguely familiar. Li Siye thought about it, isn't this the group of people who were at the mountain pass yesterday?

The smile on Duan Xiushi's face was retracted, and he stared at Li Siye: "Gong Li, is there such a thing?" ”

"Yesterday...... This is indeed the case. Li Siye was quite daring and admitted it happily.

"Running for fear of the enemy, not brave, lest you fall into the crowd, not benevolence, and seek forgiveness after defeat, not your husband" Duan Xiushi rebuked angrily.

Li Siye was ashamed, he dismounted and saluted to the man of Naba Khan: "Yesterday it was me who was not. ”

Although Duan Xiushi reprimanded Li Siye, when it comes to official positions, he is far from Li Siye. The Hu people value profit over righteousness, Duan Xiushi and Li Siye promise to apologize for their crimes with heavy gifts, and they will no longer be entangled.

At this time, Li Siye had no time to say: "Success, Doctor Gao is in front, you go and see each other quickly." ”

"The commander of the defeated army is useless to see." Duan Xiushi sneered: "Abandon the army and flee by himself, and his own court will pursue him"

Duan Xiushi's words made Li Siye stunned, Li Siye couldn't help but press the knife, and the people around Duan Xiushi also looked at each other angrily.

"Cheng Gong, what you said is very rebellious, now go to see Gao Gong, I should have heard nothing. Gao Gong is the envoy of the Anxi Festival of the imperial court, even if he is temporarily frustrated, it is not something you can despise."

"I have military orders with me, and I don't have time to meet idle people and so on." Duan Xiushi had other plans.

has been under Gao Xianzhi for several years, but Gao Xianzhi has never paid attention to him, but followed Ye Chang for only two days, Ye Chang not only treated him like a confidant, but also took a fancy to his talent, and promised him many times. Duan Xiushi knew very well in his heart that Ye Chang would fight for power with Gao Xianzhi when he came, and since he was determined to take refuge in Ye Chang, he had to be firm in his position.

Wall grass has been the most annoying since ancient times.

"You have a military order?" Li Siye laughed angrily: "Gao Gong is here, who else do you have military orders?" ”

Duan Xiushi stared at Li Siye with a somewhat strange expression: "Gong Li, you have not been in contact with your own people since you were defeated?" ”

"Huh?"

"At the beginning, Dr. Gao abandoned the army and fled, so that we and others were trapped in the enemy's formation, and everyone was almost in a desperate situation, at this time, Ye Zhongcheng sent Bai Xiaode to lead the army to rescue, and we finally escaped. When Doctor Gao was retreating, Ye Zhongcheng personally supervised the army, arrived at Baishiling, and took us down. When Doctor Gao ordered you to kill the allied troops and flee, Ye Zhongcheng was dizzy to treat the wounded. Duan Xiushi said softly: "Gong Li, you and I have a friendship, I advise you to go, Doctor Gao can't go to Ye Zhongcheng, you should also make plans early."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and said behind him: "The tax is about to build the city, everyone sing"

The song of the Great Horn Song sounded again, and this army, which consisted mainly of lightly wounded men, although somewhat demoralized, did not appear to be defeated and hasty. They sang the big horn song and passed straight in front of Gao Xianzhi, but no one saluted Gao Xianzhi, and no one stopped to look at Gao Xianzhi.

Gao Xianzhi was stunned at first, but gradually his face turned pale, he held the handle of the knife in his hand, and the green tendons protruded, and he just wanted to burst out. But Li Siye, who came back, hurriedly stopped him, and the surrounding soldiers also blocked him.

Duan Xiushi drove over, and the Tianwei army over there got out of the way with a smile, and sang the big horn song with them. But until Duan Xiushi left, they still didn't leave, staring at Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye and the others from a distance, obviously monitoring them.

"Heiye, what's going on?" Suppressing his anger, Gao Xianzhi's upright face distorted a little: "Isn't that Duan Xiushi, how dare he be so rude?" ”

Li Siye's mouth moved, and Gao Xianzhi shouted: "Say"

"Ye Chang, Ye Zhongcheng is here." Li Siye said with difficulty: "He is now in Baishiling"

"Ye Chang" Gao Xianzhi's eyes widened, and he took a breath of cold air: "What did Zheng Dequan and Bi Sichen do, Ye Chang arrived here, and there was no news at all."

Li Siye didn't speak, but secretly said in his heart, even you yourself were suppressed by Ye Chang, what kind of things are Zheng Dequan and Bi Sichen, how can they deal with Ye Chang. Looking at Duan Xiushi's desperate appearance, I was afraid that the soldiers who stayed in Qiuzi would either also take refuge in Ye Chang, or stand aside or even lose their lives

He is loyal to Gao Xianzhi, but at this moment, he can't help but have some thoughts: seeing that Gao Xianzhi's situation is not good, and he still has to stay in Anxi, I am afraid that he has to think about a way out.

"White Rock Ridge?" Gao Xianzhi had a gloomy face again and muttered.

Baishiling is in front, only more than twenty miles away from Talas, and now that he has arrived at the tax construction city, it means that Ye Chang ran to the front line, but he fled to the rear, no wonder Duan Xiushi and the others ignored him, compared to Ye Chang, he is a deserter.

"But ......," Gao Xianzhi smirked.

This tax construction is the only way to Talas, as long as he controls this place, he will choke the supply to the front line, what can Ye Chang do even if he is at the forefront?

"When I go into the city, I will see who can stop me in this city."

He snapped.

Since they were sure that the Tianwei Army was not a mutiny, half of the worries in their hearts were gone, so they went to the tax construction city at full speed. Two miles away, in a blink of an eye, soon arrived at the city, Gao Xianzhi was about to enter the city, but was stopped by someone.

"Gao Gong is here, is he staying in the city temporarily, or does he want to use this as a camp?" The oncoming Li Juan asked with a grin.

Li Juan is in the Anxi military system, and can only be said to be the lowest level official, Gao Xianzhi vaguely remembers him, but he doesn't know his name. He came here to prepare to seize power, so naturally he would not be polite, his hand pressed the knife, and his eyes were sharp: "You want to stop me?" ”

"No, no, it's easy to make arrangements."

"The whereabouts of a certain person, how can you know it as a small official" Gao Xianzhi's eyes were blazing, and he glared at Li Xuan: "Get out of the way."